Gloria, a short haired white cat rescued from a Prince George landfill is lucky to be alive, the BC SPCA said. Handout BC SPCA A cat abandoned and left to die inside a pet carrier at an ice cold landfill in Prince George is lucky to be alive, the B.C. SPCA said Tuesday.

That s what cruelty investigators at the BC SPCA are saying after the shocking discovery of a cat found inside a locked carrier at a local garbage dump.A man dropping off his garbage at Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill in Prince George was alerted to the animal by the sounds of its cries, and went to investigate.

Seven civilians, including a 13 year old boy, were killed in an explosion at an encounter site at Laroo in Jammu and Kashmir s KulgamA fire that broke out at the Bhalaswa garbage landfill site in the capital on Sunday night has not yet been brought under control.

As of late Friday morning, a total of 194 dogs and 33 cats rescued during Hurricane Florence were being housed at the shelter, located at 255 Landfill Road in St. Pauls. "Owners have actually been quick about coming to reclaim their animals, " said Jason Allison, the manager of the Robeson County Animal Shelter.

Supermarkets seem to be trying to do their bit for the environment.We ve reported that Iceland is offering plastic free chewing gum (yes, chewing gum often contains plastic), and trialling reverse vending machines, that Morrisons is rewarding customers who use plastic containers to take home meat and fish, and that Tesco is turning wonky fruits and veggies into smoothies,all in the name of reducing waste and preventing further plastic being created and thrown into landfills.

Baijal appreciated the role of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and experts of Delhi IIT in formulating an action plan in transforming the site by developing an engineered LFS in place of saturated and non functional LFS, commissioning a construction and demolition recycling plant and developing an aesthetic landscaped garden to make it a landmark of south Delhi in near future. A senior SDMC official said the civic body is planning to convert it in a beautiful green site. Earlier, this year the SDMC announced that it will work with an expert from IIT Delhi to stabilise the Okhla landfill site has reached a staggering height of 165 feet. The massive dump in south Delhi was commissioned in 1996.

Cheyenne Rose Antoine, 21, pleaded guilty on Monday to killing Brittney Gargol, 18, in Canada two years ago, BBC reported on Wednesday.Gargol was found strangled to death near a landfill in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with Antoine 's belt near her body.

The name Galaxy Note Fan Edition (Galaxy Note FE) was carefully crafted to avoid a connection to the original Note7 (since airlines continue to ban them in the airplane cabin) but as a tribute to fans who really loved the original.So here you are, a slightly revamped version of the original favorite at a slightly lower retail price. Besides, Samsung had millions of unshipped and recalled units and it would be a waste to jump dump them all in a landfill. Re assembling all of them with a new and much safer battery was the logical thing to do.

The name Galaxy Note Fan Edition (Galaxy Note FE) was carefully crafted to avoid a connection to the original Note7 (since airlines continue to ban them in the airplane cabin) but as a tribute to fans who really loved the original.So here you are, a slightly revamped version of the original favorite at a slightly lower retail price. Besides, Samsung had millions of unshipped and recalled units and it would be a waste to jump dump them all in a landfill. Re assembling all of them with a new and much safer battery was the logical thing to do.

Neighbourhood Action Plan aims at substantial reduction in the quantum of solid waste sent to landfill by besides enabling better performance of waste to compost and waste to energy plants. ;Neighborhood could be a residential housing society, a colony, mohalla, market area,; said the minister, adding that the Central government has accorded sanitation higher priority over even economic transformation, given its importance in several ways.Puri acknowledged that solid waste management in cities is the major challenges in urban areas. The Minister, who was participating in a cleanliness drive here also unveiled 'My Home My Neighborhood ' campaign that focuses on segregation of waste at source and converting it into compost within the neighbourhood. The plan also focuses on recycling of dry waste by adopting a near by park or open place for collection and waste segregation.

The decisions were taken after the L G called a high level meeting with officials of municipal corporations, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Earlier, a decision was taken to divert the garbage to Bhalswa landfill (about 50 metre high) site, but as it is already used way beyond its saturation point, a new site was identified, a civic official said.

Firefighters were still tackling a large fire at a landfill site in Somerset into the early hours of the morning.The fire started at the Dimmer Landfill Site, near Castle Cary, at around 4.30pm yesterday (August 28) with residents being advised to keep their windows and doors shut.

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The humble caterpillar can be the answer to dealing with the growing mountains of plastic waste around the world, according to new research that shows it breaks down chemical bonds in plastic used for bags and packaging at unusually high speeds.Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Spain say the discovery could lead to a biotechnological approach to polyethylene waste that chokes oceans and landfills. Plastic is usually highly resistant to breaking down, but nature may provide the answer.

The humble caterpillar can be the answer to dealing with the growing mountains of plastic waste around the world, according to new research that shows it breaks down chemical bonds in plastic used for bags and packaging at unusually high speeds.Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Spain say the discovery could lead to a biotechnological approach to polyethylene waste that chokes oceans and landfills. Plastic is usually highly resistant to breaking down, but nature may provide the answer.

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday released the party s manifesto for the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections.Kejriwal announced a slew of measures to be undertaken if AAP is voted to power in the civic body, including an end to landfills by 2019 and welfare measures for safai karamcharis (sanitation workers).

Guy Hands and Michael Klein both had the world at their feet as they toasted their close friendship at an intimate and high powered party in Barbados. Hands was the British standard bearer for an intrepid new breed of private equity maverick.Fuelled by confidence in his own ability to spin gold from straw and turbo charged by massive bank loans, his firm, Terra Firma, was raising billions from the City and snapping up unloved assets such as the landfill operator Waste Recycling Group and Odeon Cinemas.